One drink minimum (or purchase a munchie). No cover charge but we do ask for a generous contribution, which goes to the readers.

Tsipi Keller’s latest novel, The Prophet of 10th Street, published this March, has been called a literary love story “about” writing itself, about using language—opinionated, fanciful, foolish and inspired—as ways and means to absorb, consume and in a sense outlast the Holocaust. “In elegant, pitch-perfect prose, Tsipi Keller explores what it means to be a writer in a post-Holocaust world. Her evocation of Marcus Weiss—at once tender and wise—lays bare the felt life of the novelist,” wrote Andrew Furman, author of Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination.

Lewis Warsh, best known as a poet, has published two books of stories and four novels, most recently A Place in the Sun, 2010. He is editor and publisher of United Artists Books and director of the MFA program in creative writing at LIU Brooklyn. About A Place in the Sun, Michael Lally writes: “Lewis Warsh brings his poet's sensibility to a mash up of literary and genre fiction techniques—including constantly shifting perspectives and unexpected interconnections—to create an intriguingly compelling and deeply satisfying reading experience. I loved it.”

Monday, April 16, 2012

Please join Professor Deborah Mutnick (English) and her Honors elective (HSM 110) students in a Brooklyn Campus Town Hall on student debt. The students have been learning about public sphere theory and tools for engaging in civic dialogue for social change. They chose the topic of student debt, and are excited to be putting theory into practice.

Lewis Warsh (English Department; Director, Creative Writing MFA) will read at a celebration of the Library of America’s publication of The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard. Its 450 pages present, for the first time, the full range of Brainard’s writing in all its deadpan wit, madcap inventiveness, self-revealing frankness, and generosity of spirit.

In March, Professor Haynes gave a paper called “Kunle Afolayan and the 'New Nollywood': Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Cosmopolitanism” at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Boston.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Please join us for the induction of new members to the Omicron Zeta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society.
In addition to inducting new members, we will honor graduating seniors who are chapter members.

New inductees:

Victoria Abolencia

Samantha D'Acunto

Andrani Foster

Joanna Gonzalez

Jake Matkov

Chase Melvin

Imani Nasir

Sarah Reynolds

Roksolana Sheverack

Michael Sunday

Krystal Walcott

The short induction ceremony will be followed by a reception.
Please bring family and friends.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Lewis Warsh (Professor, English Department; Director, Creative Writing MFA) is featured in Passing Stranger, an audio walking tour by Pejk Malinovskiof poets and poetry associated with the East Village. Narrated by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, the tour contains site-specific poetry, interviews with poets, archival recordings and music by John Zorn. The audio file can be downloaded at eastvillagepoetrywalk.org and allows the user to take the tour using an mp3 player. The tour is about 2 miles and lasts about 95 minutes.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

As part of the LIU Brooklyn Sustainability Initiative's observation of Earth Day 2012, Professor Sara Campbell (English Department) will be teaching ENG 210: Scientific Literacy and Sustainability (one credit).

An interesting (and important) topic and a good way to earn an extra credit before summer session starts!

Students will meet twice with the professor in class, attend an Earth Day Conference at LIU, and write a research paper. Prerequisite: ENG 16 (you may be taking ENG 16 in Spring 2012). See flyer for more details.